All of the 118 passengers have safely exited the Libyan plane that was reportedly hijacked and landed in Malta. The two people accused of hijacking the aircraft surrendered, according to the Malta prime minister.

After negotiations with the two people accused of threatening to blow up the plane, the passengers were allowed to disembark, said the prime minister.

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According to The Associated Press, the Airbus A320 flight with Afriqiyah Airways was diverted to Malta Friday morning.

Negotiators were sent to the plane after it landed at Malta International Airport, reported The Associated Press, to deal with the "unlawful interference."

Afriqiyah Airways reported that the hijackers expressed willingness to allow passengers off the plane but initially wanted to keep the pilot.

The two hijackers were described by the spokesman for the UN-brokered government in Libya as in their twenties and seeking political asylum in Europe.

Ashraf al-Tulty told the Associated Press that a Libyan lawmaker, Abdel-Salam al-Marabet was on the diverted flight.

Another Libyan lawmaker from Sabha, Youssef Kalikori, told the AP that he had been talking by phone to al-Marabet, who said the hijackers are demanding "asylum in a European country where they can establish a political party named al-Fateh that represents the old (Libyan) regime."

After most of the hostages left the plane, someone waved the old green Libyan flag from the plane’s doorway.

According to the Associated Press, Libya, a sprawling oil-rich North African country, has been split between rival parliaments and governments, each backed by a loose array of militias and tribes, since its former dictator Moammar Gadhafi was ousted and killed in 2011.

Western nations view the newly-formed U.N.-brokered government as the best hope for uniting the country, but Libya's parliament, which meets in the country's far east, has refused to accept it. Amid chaos, the Islamic State and al-Qaida affiliates have gained a foothold over the past years.

Earlier this month, militias answering to the UN-brokered government seized the Islamic State group's last stronghold in the Libyan city of Sirte.